Summertime Sadness [ Mobile Legends Fanfic ]

Chapter 7: Sadness

This chapter is dedicated to @kirinsbride

Kiss me hard before you go. Summertime sadness. Lana Del Rey-Summertime sadness

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Rafaela looked at the mirror again. No matter how hard she tried to conceal, the swollen eyelids was still obvious to recognize, indicating the owner of them had done nothing but crying for the whole night. It was 8 in the morning, yet she was stuck in this tiny room for God knows how long, desperately trying to hide her swollen face like a thief trying to conceal his crime.

"Alu doesn't appreciate weakness" .She thought to herself, solemnly applied more eyeshadow under her eye bags. The powder layer was so thick that it threatened to fall out at anytime. But she didn't seem to care. Her mind was wandering off somewhere.

"And neither do I".

Rafaela sighed. Since when did she become this weak?

She took out her lipstick and gently wiped it to her lips. Cherry blossom. That was his favorite color.

"It's just 2 years". She said. "2 years doing apprentice. And we will be together again".

She took one last glance at the mirror, satisfied to see a confident woman looking back at her.

Okay. Looks good.

Rafaela cleaned all her make-up stuffs and got out of the room. Her room was in a great mess, just like its owner now. She sighed. There are lots of things need to be done before he comes and she'd better not waste her time.

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10h30 AM, the doorbell rang. Rafaela was stuffing her clothes into the washing machine.

"Is that him?." She thought and quickly ran to the door, looking through a keyhole to see who's coming.

Yeah, it's him. Her heart started to beat fast. And her breath became uneven.

"Okay". She took a deep breath to calm herself. "Just act natural, he won't know".

It's not like he even cares. She thought solemnly.

With great determination, Rafaela opened the door ready to face her lover.

"Good morning". Alucard said, grinning from ear to ear. His arms held a big grocery bag.

"Morning". Rafaela open the door a little wider to let him in.

"Did you sleep well yesterday?". He asked cheerfully while she closed the door.

"Yeah, why not. And you?". She let out a fake smile.

Do I look like I'm fine to you?. She thought.

"Yeah, me too." He grinned.

Rafaela looked deep into his eyes. His eyes barely concealed his tiredness and there was a light purple in his eye bags.

So we are both liars, aren't we?.

"Hey, I brought some spaghetti. Your favorite." Alucard discarded his previous topic and showed her the bag he carried.

"Really?" she said, trying to look delighted. "Give it to me then".

"You don't have too much of preparation". He said while giving her the bag. "I bought the instant one. You just need to season it a little."

"You don't trust me to handle this, do you?". She teased. "I told you making spaghetti is in my blood. I won't ruin it."

Alucard took a step forward and wrapped his arm around her torso. He leaned in to kiss her in the forehead. "Of course, you are the best cook I've ever met". He said. "But I want to spare you some time".